2018 Temple Owls football team

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

2018 Temple Owls football
Independence Bowl, L 27–56 vs. Duke
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record8–5 (7–1 The American)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Patenaude (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorAndrew Thacker (1st season)
Home stadiumLincoln Financial Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 11 UCF x$   8 – 0     12 – 1  
Temple   7 – 1     8 – 5  
No. 24 Cincinnati   6 – 2     11 – 2  
South Florida   3 – 5     7 – 6  
East Carolina   1 – 7     3 – 9  
UConn   0 – 8     1 – 11  
West Division
Memphis xy   5 – 3     8 – 6  
Houston x   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Tulane x   5 – 3     7 – 6  
SMU   4 – 4     5 – 7  
Navy   2 – 6     3 – 10  
Tulsa   2 – 6     3 – 9  
Championship: UCF 56, Memphis 41
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Temple Owls football team represented Temple University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Owls were led by second-year head coach Geoff Collins during the regular season and played their home games at Lincoln Financial Field. They are members of the East Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 7–1 in AAC play to finish in 2nd place in the East Division. They were invited to play in the Independence Bowl, where they lost to Duke.

On December 7, 2018, head coach Geoff Collins left for the head coaching job at Georgia Tech.[1] Tight ends coach Ed Foley led the Owls in the Independence Bowl. On December 13, the Owls initially named Miami defensive coordinator Manny Diaz as their new head coach.[2] However, on December 30, Diaz went back to Miami to become their new head coach following Mark Richt's sudden retirement.[3]

Preseason

[edit]

Award watch lists

[edit]

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
Rimington Trophy[4] Matt Hennessy C So
Chuck Bednarik Award[5] Delvon Randall S SR
Maxwell Award[6] Frank Nutile QB SR
Doak Walker Award[7] Ryquell Armstead RB JR
John Mackey Award[8] Kenny Yeboah TE SO
Jim Thorpe Award[9] Delvon Randall S SR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy[10] Delvon Randall S SR
Paul Hornung Award[11] Isaiah Wright WR/KR JR
Wuerffel Trophy[12] Frank Nutile QB SR
Ray Guy Award[13] Connor Bowler P FR

AAC media poll

[edit]

The AAC media poll was released on July 24, 2018, with the Owls predicted to finish in third place in the AAC East Division.[14]

Media poll (East)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 UCF 175 (25)
2 USF 140 (5)
3 Temple 132
4 Cincinnati 91
5 UConn 51
6 East Carolina 41

Schedule

[edit]
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 112:00 p.m.No. 19 (FCS) Villanova*
ESPNewsL 17–1932,357
September 83:30 p.m.Buffalo*
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPN3L 29–3625,511
September 1512:00 p.m.at Maryland*
BTNW 35–1432,057
September 207:30 p.m.Tulsa
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPNW 31–1724,217
September 2912:00 p.m.at Boston College*
ESPNUL 35–4540,111
October 612:00 p.m.East Carolina
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPNewsW 49–626,681
October 133:30 p.m.at Navy
CBSSNW 24–1730,106
October 2012:00 p.m.No. 20 Cincinnatidagger
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPNUW 24–17 OT33,026
November 17:30 p.m.at No. 9 UCF
ESPNL 40–5241,153
November 107:00 p.m.at Houston
CBSSNW 59–4930,862
November 1712:00 p.m.South Florida
  • Lincoln Financial Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
ESPNewsW 27–1721,029
November 243:30 p.m.at UConn
ESPNUW 57–718,203
December 271:30 p.m.vs. Duke*
ESPNL 27–5627,492
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[15]

Personnel

[edit]

Coaching staff

[edit]
Name Position Joined Staff
Geoff Collins Head coach 2017
Ed Foley Assistant head coach/Tight ends/Special Teams 2008
Jim Panagos Assistant head coach/defensive line/Run Game Coordinator 2017
Dave Patenaude Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks 2017
Andrew Thacker Defensive coordinator/linebackers 2017
Tony Lucas Running backs 2017
Stan Hixon Wide receivers 2017
Chris Wiesehan offensive line/Run Game Coordinator 2014
Nate Burton Defensive backs 2018
Adam DiMichele Recruiting Coordinator/Offensive assistant 2014
Larry Knight Outside linebackers 2017
Tim Conner Offensive Analyst 2017
Tom Pajic Senior Offensive Analyst 2017
Jason Semore Senior Defensive Analyst 2018
Reggie Garrett Director of Player Personnel 2016
Ronell Williams Defensive Analyst 2017
David Feeley Head Strength & Conditioning Coach 2017

[16]

Roster

[edit]

2018 recruiting class

[edit]
US college sports recruiting information for 2018 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Trad Beatty
QB 		Columbia, SC Ben Lippen School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jun 20, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Travon King
LB 		Camden, NJ Woodrow Wilson High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jan 21, 2018 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Daesean Winston
LB 		Severn, MD Archbishop Spalding High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jun 17, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Chauncey Moore
DB 		Washington, D.C. Friendship Collegiate Academy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jun 18, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Kyle Dobbins
RB 		Philadelphia Timber Creek High School 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jun 20, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Amir Gillis
ATH 		Philadelphia Simon Gratz High School 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Jun 18, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Dante Burke
DE 		Virginia Beach, VA Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 230 lb (100 kg) Jun 29, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Sean Ryan
WR 		Brooklyn, NY Erasmus Hall High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Aug 2, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Jobdariel Gomez
OL 		Miami, FL ASA College 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 300 lb (140 kg) Dec 18, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Khristopher Banks
DL 		Wayne, NJ DePaul Catholic High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 280 lb (130 kg) Dec 19, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Elijah Clark
DB 		Parlin, NJ Sayreville War Memorial High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Apr 22, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Jean Paul Rodriguez
OL 		Lakewood, NJ Lakewood High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 275 lb (125 kg) Jun 15, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:2/5 stars
Kadas Reams
WR 		New Berlin, NY Milford Academy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jun 21, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Evan Boozer
OL 		Towson, MD Loyola High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 240 lb (110 kg) Jun 23, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
David Martin Robinson
WR 		Landisville, PA Hempfield High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jun 27, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Adam Klein
OL 		Springfield, PA Episcopal Academy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Jul 10, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Oskarr Andersson
OL 		Solna, Sweden RIG Academy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 280 lb (130 kg) Aug 7, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Aaron Jarman
TE 		La Grange, NC North Lenoir High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 243 lb (110 kg) Jul 14, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Jordan Smith
WR 		Davie FL Western High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Oct 26, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Isaac Moore
DL 		Orebro, Sweden Orebro Black Knights 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 295 lb (134 kg) Nov 22, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:2/5 stars
Nickolos Madourie
DL 		Bottineau, ND Dakota College 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Dec 17, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Ronnie Stevenson
WR 		Montour, PA Montour High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jun 11, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Antonio Colclough
DL 		Brooklyn, NY Cardinal Hayes High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jun 17, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Layton Jordan
ATH 		McKeesport, PA McKeesport Area High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Dec 7, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Jose Barbon
WR 		Lancaster, PA Conestoga Valley High School 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Dec 19, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:2/5 stars
David Nwaogwugwu
DL 		Bronx, NY De Witt Clinton High School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (100 kg) Jan 21, 2018 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars
Tyreke Young
DL 		Hilton Head Island, SC Hilton Head High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jan 21, 2018 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:2/5 stars
Onasis Neely
RB 		Enola, PA East Pennsboro High School 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Nov 28, 2017 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Temple Signee List 2018". Rivals.com.
  • "2018 Player Signees – Temple". ESPN.com.
  • "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Game summaries

[edit]

Villanova

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 (FCS) Wildcats 13 0 0 6 19
Owls 3 7 7 0 17
See also: 2018 Villanova Wildcats football team and Mayor's Cup (Temple–Villanova)

Buffalo

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 6 6 10 14 36
Owls 0 7 7 15 29
See also: 2018 Buffalo Bulls football team

At Maryland

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 7 14 7 7 35
Terrapins 0 7 0 7 14
See also: 2018 Maryland Terrapins football team

Tulsa

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Hurricane 7 3 0 7 17
Owls 7 14 7 3 31
See also: 2018 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

At Boston College

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 14 7 7 7 35
Eagles 13 18 7 7 45
See also: 2018 Boston College Eagles football team

East Carolina

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0 3 0 3 6
Owls 14 21 7 7 49
See also: 2018 East Carolina Pirates football team

At Navy

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 7 10 7 24
Midshipmen 0 10 7 0 17
See also: 2018 Navy Midshipmen football team

Cincinnati

[edit]
1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 20 Bearcats 7 3 7 00 17
Owls 10 0 0 77 24
See also: 2018 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

At UCF

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 17 17 0 6 40
No. 9 Knights 14 14 14 10 52
See also: 2018 UCF Knights football team

At Houston

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 14 14 21 10 59
Cougars 7 7 21 14 49
See also: 2018 Houston Cougars football team

Doak Walker Award candidate Ryquell Armstead, playing on a sore ankle and missing part of the game to have his hand x-rayed, tied a career-best with 210 yards rushing and became the first college player in two years with six rushing touchdowns in a game.[17] He was named conference offensive player of the week, and college offensive player of the week by three groups.[18] This moved him from seventh to third on the AAC's all-time rushing touchdown list with 33, and from seventh to fifth on the rushing yards list with 2,692.[19] On Temple's lists, he also passed Jahad Thomas for touchdowns, 100+ yard games, and career yards—also passing Anthony Anderson and Matt Brown in the latter category—to reach third, tied for fourth with Matt Brown, and fourth respectively all-time.[19]

South Florida

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 7 10 0 0 17
Owls 0 0 10 17 27
See also: 2018 South Florida Bulls football team

At UConn

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 13 27 7 10 57
Huskies 7 0 0 0 7
See also: 2018 UConn Huskies football team

Vs. Duke–Independence Bowl

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 13 14 0 0 27
Blue Devils 7 14 21 14 56
See also: 2018 Duke Blue Devils football team and 2018 Independence Bowl

Awards and honors

[edit]

National awards

[edit]
  • The Sporting News All-American Team[20]

Isaiah Wright - Returner

Conference awards

[edit]

American Athletic Conference Players of the Year

[edit]
  • The American - Special Teams Player of the Year[21]

Isaiah Wright

American Athletic Conference All-Conference Team

[edit]
  • First Team

Ryquell Armstead, RB
Shaun Bradley, LB
Michael Dogbe, DT
Delvon Randall, S
Rock Ya-Sin, CB
Isaiah Wright, KR

  • Second Team

Ventell Bryant, WR
Jovahn Fair, OL

NFL players

[edit]

NFL Draft Combine

[edit]

One Temple player was invited to participate in the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine.

# Name POS HT WT Hands 40 Bench Press Vert Jump Broad Jump 3 Cone Drill 20-yd Shuttle Ref
#6 Rock Ya-Sin CB 6'0" 192 lbs 9 7/8" 4.51 18 39.5 129.0 7.31 4.31 [22]
#7 Ryquell Armstead RB 5'11" 220 lbs 9 1/8" 4.45 22 30.0 114.0 7.02 4.29 [23]

† Top performer

2019 NFL Draft

[edit]

Following the season, the following members of the Temple football team were selected in the 2019 NFL draft.

Round Pick Player Position NFL club
2 34 Rock Ya-Sin CB Indianapolis Colts
5 140 Ryquell Armstead RB Jacksonville Jaguars
7 249 Michael Dogbe DE Arizona Cardinals

In addition to the draft selections above, the following Temple players signed NFL contracts after the draft.

# Name POS HT WT NFL club Ref
#1 Ventell Bryant WR 6-3 200 lbs Cincinnati Bengals [24]
#2 Delvon Randall DB 6-1 215 lbs Philadelphia Eagles [25]
#4 Rob Ritrovato FB 6-2 240 lbs New York Giants [26]
#77 Jaelin Robinson OL 6-6 325 lbs Atlanta Falcons [27]
#85 Chris Myarick TE 6-5 250 lbs Miami Dolphins [28]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Collins Named Georgia Tech Football Head Coach". Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. December 7, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  2. ^ Patterson, Chip; Sallee, Barrett (December 13, 2018). "Temple names Miami defensive coordinator Manny Diaz its next coach". cbssports.com. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  3. ^ "Miami Names Manny Diaz Head Coach After Mark Richt Steps Down". www.si.com. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "Rimington Trophy Press Release". May 30, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 Bednarik Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 Maxwell Award Watch List". July 16, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  7. ^ "2018 Doak Walker Award Candidates". July 18, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
  8. ^ "2018 John Mackey Award Preseason Watch List Released" (PDF). July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  9. ^ "Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Names 2018 Preseason Watchlist". July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  10. ^ "2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List". July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  11. ^ "43 PLAYERS NAMED TO 2018 PAUL HORNUNG AWARD WATCH LIST". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  12. ^ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List". July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  13. ^ @RayGuyAward (October 10, 2018). "Congrats to @Bowler_Football of..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "UCF Tabbed as Favorite in 2018 Preseason Media Poll". TheAmerican.org. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  15. ^ "2018 Temple Football Schedule".
  16. ^ "2022 Football Roster".
  17. ^ "Temple at Houston Box Score, November 10, 2018". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  18. ^ Narducci, Marc. "Temple RB Ryquell Armstead gets more recognition for six-touchdown effort". philly.com.
  19. ^ a b "2018 Football Media Guide". Temple University. p. 10.
  20. ^ "Sporting News 2018 college football All-Americans".
  21. ^ "UCF's Milton, ECU's Harvey, Temple's Wright Named as American Players of the Year".
  22. ^ "Rock Ya-Sin Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com.
  23. ^ "Ryquell Armstead Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com.
  24. ^ "Ventell Bryant Stats, News and Video - WR". NFL.com.
  25. ^ "Temple safety Delvon Randall to sign with Eagles as an undrafted free agent".
  26. ^ "Four More Temple Players Join NFL Following 2019 Draft".
  27. ^ "NFL Players | Past & Current NFL Players". NFL.com.
  28. ^ "Miami Dolphins".
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2018_Temple_Owls_football_team&oldid=1252905125"